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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Eggless Chocolate Cake with Mocha Icing

It is only 4 days since I posted last but it seems such a long time-I was getting withdrawal symptoms..wonder what blogging could do to me..!!!But as they say-I am loving it!!Last week was a busy one,with parents coming down,visit to tirupati and my bro staying back with us.Had a fab time with him,house seems so empty now;-(.

On Sunday,we had a small lunch party at home-me,hubby and bro-our friends Satheesh,Deepthi,their kiddo Vicky and Satheesh's amma.We celebrated their belated wedding anniversary,since all of us were out of station during that time.They were a tad surprised since cutting the cake was not mentioned before!!Had a fun time!!So here's the recipe for the cake I made for them!!Eggless Chocolate cake with Mocha IcingRecipe source -Nita Mehta's Ifb Microwave Cookbook

Sift maida with cocoa powder,baking soda and baking powder-keep aside.Mix sugar and butter,beat till fluffy.Add milkmaid,beat well.Add milk,vanilla essence and maida.Beat well for 3-4 minutes till the mixture is smooth and light.Transfer to a greased baking dish.Microwave on 80% power for 8 minutes.Let it cool.Cut the cake into two and soak with coke( I did not cut the cake,just sprinkled coke all over the cake)

For the Icing

Microwave 4 tbsp water in a bowl for 1 minute.Add coffee,cocoa and butter to it and mix well.Gradually add the sifted icing sugar,mix well.Glaze the cake with the icing and garnish with crushed dry fruits.Refrigerate till the icing is set.Serve with ice-cream.Don't know what to do with the rest of the Milkmaid tin?Check out this!!!

Divya, I am a newbie on your blog and already love it!!! I recently got a MW with convection grill and combination and everything possible in it. THanks for your cake recipes. For all the cakes that you have mentioned, it seems you are extensively using the 'MW' function and not the grill etc...can you please confirm which function you are using?

Archana,thanks..!!Welcome to my blog!!!I have an IFB MW with MW,Convection,Grill and combo cooking-I guess all MW's come with all these features these days.I have only tried cakes with the MW function.have not tried anything the conventional way.want to try out grill sometime..shall post about it as soon as I make it..

thanks for introducing me t ur blog....u have some amazing dishes here.....wow....u visited tirupathi....thats really cool...sumhow i never got the oppurtunity to go this time...coz me n my hubby had thought from the day we met that we would visit tirupathi once every yr....hopefully will get 2 go there soon...

Saranya..thank you.1) I used half a tin Milkmaid-1 tin is 400 gms and I used 200 gms.2)Coke is used to make the cake moist as otherwise the cake tends to be dry.You can make a sugar syrup adding 2-3 tbsps of sugar to a half a cup of water and use that to soak instead.3)Baking powder/soda is necessary as it is an eggless cake and requires these to make it rise.

Hi divya,thanks for the great recipe. I had a question though, I own an IFB microwave and do my baking in its convection mode. Baking it for 30 minutes gives my cakes a burnt black colored top surface while the inner layers are perfect. Should I be using the microwave mode instead of convection? or is it something to do with the batter not being smooth enough?

Hi Aruna,I am not sure why your cake gets burnt after 30 minutes!!Is the temperature you are baking with too high?If so,you could cover the top of a cake pan loosely with a foil.Or if the batter is too thick,it tends to bake slowly and high temperature might cause the top to burn quickly.I hope you get it right next time!!

Tried my hand at icing for the first time and it was a breeze to make. The end product was very impressive. Thanks a lot for the recipe. I've blogged it - http://amchi-bong-konnexion.blogspot.com/2010/10/eggless-chocolate-cake-with-mocha-icing.html

Hi divya, I have always baked in the conventional mode in the oven and never used the microwave mode before, so is the normal tin baking dish okay for the mw? and exactly what size should the baking dish be?

Hey,Well its my first attempt to make the cake,jus 20 years old as yet,Recipe looks simple enough. Just wanted to know if i need to use an 8" Baking tray?? if not,could u specify the size and also power and temp settings for the oven,and preheat time also? :)

Hi Divya,That is beautiful recipe. But i have a question.In the cake mixture, the maida,baking powder,baking soda is to be mixed with the sugar,butter,milkmaid,milk and vanilla essence right?Cause the recipe says "Sift maida with cocoa powder,baking soda and baking powder-keep aside" and the next line is about the sugar and stuff. So i got a bit confused. P.S.I know what i asked is really silly but this is first time I'm trying to make a cake.

Hi Arijit,this was one of my earlier posts and I thought I had mentioned about the source,but looks like I haven't.I always mention the recipe source in my posts,you can check out the blog,will edit the post and add the source.Thank you!